CAMBODIA- Introduction of Me – Kingdom Journey

Wow wow wow, where to even begin. First off hello to everyone who reads this, its an honor to take you along this kingdom journey, its been said by Seth Barnes founder of World race “its not at the destination you find God its on the journey”, I have gotten to see God in so many new ways just in my first 2 weeks. My heart and intention with these blogs are to be honest, raw, and to be transparent there’s no need to hide anything, darkness quenches in the light so I’m ready to be vulnerable in what the Lord is doing in my own heart, how the Father is molding me, what season I’m in etc.

So lets start with my name, hey I’m Alex Morales a apprentice & beloved Son of Jesus Christ, The Good Shepard, Good Teacher, Kind, merciful Father, and I gave my life to Christ 3 years ago and boy am I in love with the One who saved me. So yea I decided I wanted to go on a 9 month mission trip, to leave behind everything I held so closely, with a burning desire to get away, get away from what’s normal, get away from “you have to go to college”, “you have to work a 9-5”, “you need money and nice things to be happy”. So I got away and to ran to the hearts of broken, hurt, people, and dwell with them not to just tell them the Gospel but to be the Gospel.

“So how’s being a missionary going for you”? HaRdDD.Im even going to try to cap with you, try living with 8 followers of Christ (with no space) and learning 8 individuals, with all their gifts, straights, flaws, habits. While working through day to day conflict with no where to run but to solve it. I’m typically the type of person to run from conflict, and find my “safe space”, but living in community how the Father designed us to live IS HARDD. It’s been said “Ive realized my comfort zone is a poor place to ask God to live. Particularly in this season He has called me to a deeper place of discomfort, since it’s in the discomfort you find the Fathers face deeper. So lets be vularnable, no not just transparent, transparent is open about what you’ve went through, vularnable is what your going through it takes a deeper level of discomfort. I’m struggling with discouragement, I’ve looked back multiple times at my old zealous, hungry, inflamed evangelist I was, and I become discouraged. Often asking God where it went, but I’m shifting in a place of having to trust Him more, I have none of “my own fire” to lean on during ministry, my only sufficient source is Him, He is my Firm Foundation, and He’s not calling me to be that fiery zealous servant I was more of in the past, He’s asking me to be lowly, discipled servant of Him. But aside from me how are you, what are you struggling with, what do you need prayer for, id love to set a call up and talk!

“We clicked on the blog to know how ministry’s going not your autobiography” All right, ministry, ahh why me and my team are here. As I sit in this coffee shop, drinking a drink I’ve never heard of before, Ive had some time to reflect on what God has done these 2 weeks. Im simply thankful, from the first day we pulled up those kids smiles lit up my soul. I’ve gotten to build relationships and bonds, that enable trust, to where if im walking in a lifestyle of Jesus’ love and heart I get to introduce them to the Gospel. And its so beautiful how soft their hearts are, how pure they are.I love to play with them often forgetting im at ministry and getting lost in the moment with these kids. As much as we serve them by teaching English, construction, etc. they’re serving us tenfold. Ive heard the Fathers still small voice “stop Alex listen to laughter of my children, the purity of their hearts….. (with a brief pause and deep breath) I love them” Through loving on them and being what they need God has rejuvenated a child like faith in me, a heart that does not strive in earning but rest in grace, and delight, and joy. Let Jesus change you in small still moments, wherever your at, I encourage you to step into a Kingdom journey and be transformed.Where have you not trusted God in discomfort and where have you maybe ran to comfort? Invite Him in again He’s not angry, He says “My beloved let me give you a hand”.So thank y’all for reading this super long blog, im going to finish off my sabbath and rest, goodbye!OH we also tore down a small building that was cool..